Nats count Latham out

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In September, Mr Anderson told the ABC that if he did not
perform in the election, he and his party would be entitled to say
he had not delivered.

That was interpreted to mean he would step down as leader if his
party lost seats.

This week Nationals star Larry Anthony conceded he had lost his
seat of Richmond to Labor.

Mr Latham promptly said Mr Anderson should "now keep his
campaign promise to stand down as leader if the Nationals lost any
seats".

Mr Anderson retorted that the Nationals appeared to have picked
up two Senate seats and that meant a net gain of one seat in
Parliament.

"(That) means the Nationals' party room will be expanding," Mr
Anderson said. "Thanks to the Nationals, the Coalition is set to
hold a majority in the Senate."

He said it was unbelievable that Mr Latham would call on another
party's leader to stand down after "the most incompetent campaign
the Western world has seen since Walter Mondale's disastrous US
presidential run of 1984".